TO LOVE. by Robert Herrick I'M free from thee ; and thou no more shalt hear My puling pipe to beat against thine ear ; Farewell my shackles, though of pearl they be, Such precious thraldom ne'er shall fetter me. He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck unto a second yoke.

Frans Hals. Boy with a Flute. 1627.

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